Took the class yesterday night and while still fresh in my mind, brain dumping.

Best part of the class for me was witnessing my freestyle classmate light up with joy midway through her freestyle round when she went for a move, caught a groove, and her face beamed up.

Note: As usual, I’m recalling the choreography from memory and there are details missing including the counts, how the moves relates to the music (big component), and so forth.

Right kick and slide back
Left kick and slide back
Right kick and drag to the right
Left kick and drag to the left
Cross step variation to the left
Cross step variation to the right
Cross step (no variation) to the left
Cross step (no variation) to the right

Right kick and slide back
Left kick and slide back
Right kick and drag to the right
Left kick and drag to the left
Cross step variation to the left
Cross step variation to the right
Cross step (no variation) to the left
Cross step (no variation) to the right
Misdirection to the right
Misdirection to the left
Misdirection to the right
Jump and step to the right
Step on to left foot and rebound
Roger Rabbit like transition to the left and rebound

Areas of growth

Below are areas in which I felt challenged and would like to drill a bit more

• A little bit of dinosaur arms during the kick and slide – felt tense in the anterior part of shoulder and forearm(s) when sliding back and sliding side to side
• Foot steps for the misdirection – was unable to land the prescribed landing
• Rebound – was unsure if it was just the shoulders turning or the entire torso
• Cross step variation – cross step variation differs in two ways. normal cross step (when going to the left) is left leg step to the side, right leg step back, left leg cross over in front to the right. For the variation (to the left) left leg step to side, right leg step forward (NOT back), left leg step BEHIND

Takeaways and observations

• Jevan’s back leg bent and knee tucked behind one another during cross step
• Increase awareness of torso positioning difference between cross step vs cross step variation (i.e. stepping forward) – Jevan had pointed out that center of weight is slightly leaned back during the variation, whereas center of weight slightly more forward during non-variation